• Post-War and Contemporary Art  auction at Christies

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    4 December 2019

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    • Bertrand Lavier (né en 1949)
    Lot 124

    Bertrand Lavier (né en 1949)

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    Price realised

    EUR 25,000

    Estimate

    EUR 25,000 - EUR 35,000

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    Bertrand Lavier (né en 1949)
    Express
    signé, titré et daté '"EXPRESS" Bertrand Lavier 1998' (au dos)
    acrylique sur miroir et cadre peint
    112.5 x 89.5 cm.
    Réalisé en 1998.

    signed, titled and dated '"EXPRESS" Bertrand Lavier 1998' (on the reverse)
    acrylic on mirror and painted frame
    44 ¼ x 35 ¼ in.
    Executed in 1998.

    Provenance

    Galleria In Arco, Turin
    Collection privée, Rome
    Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 2012

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    Lot Essay

    Parmi les objets peints il en est un qui interpelle particulièrement le spectateur ; il s’agit du miroir. A chaque fois, il recouvre le verre et le cadre d’une épaisse couche de matière métallisée qui opacifie la partie réfléchissante et n’accroche que de vagues reflets de lumières. […] Avec un peu de peinture sur un objet clairement identifiable, Lavier donne donc à chaque spectateur la possibilité d’expérimenter l’inconsistance de sa plus ancienne certitude : celle qui concerne sa propre identité.
    Among the painted objects there is one that particularly challenges the viewer; it is the mirror. Each time, he covers the glass and the frame with a thick layer of metallic material that opacifies the reflective part and clings only vague reflections of light. [...] With a little paint on a clearly identifiable object, Lavier gives each spectator the opportunity to experience the inconsistency of its oldest certainty: the one which concerns its own identity.
    Catherine Francblin

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    Artist''s Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist''s Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist''s collection agent.


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